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| − | <font color="#800000">'''''Mastomys natalensis'''''</font> (Smith 1834) - multimammate mouse | + | [[File:Mastomys natalensis.jpg|250px|thumb|left|''Mastomys natalensis''<br/>Source: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mastomys_natalensis.jpg Wikimedia Commons]]] |
| − | + | <font color="#800000">'''''Mastomys natalensis'''''</font> (Smith 1834) - (multimammate mouse) | |
| − | + | This rodent is found in Sub-Saharan Africa where it damages cereals. It is also a host for the Oriental rat flea ''[[Xenopsylla cheopis]]'' and a reservoir of several protozoan diseases like ''Toxoplasma gondii'' and ''Trypanosoma lewisi''. The size of ''M. natalensis'' lies between that of a mouse and a rat. The total length of adults is around 20-25 cm, including a tail of around 10 cm. The weight can reach more than 50 g. | |
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| − | + | ''Praomys natalensis'' | |
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Mastomys natalensis (Smith 1834) - (multimammate mouse)
This rodent is found in Sub-Saharan Africa where it damages cereals. It is also a host for the Oriental rat flea Xenopsylla cheopis and a reservoir of several protozoan diseases like Toxoplasma gondii and Trypanosoma lewisi. The size of M. natalensis lies between that of a mouse and a rat. The total length of adults is around 20-25 cm, including a tail of around 10 cm. The weight can reach more than 50 g.
Synonyms:
Praomys natalensis
